October 21, 2011

Psychology professors present, publish in research journal

Brenda McDaniel, assistant professor of psychology, and Whitney Jeter, doctoral student in psychology, gave an invited presentation to the Clay Center Lions Club business meeting in October. They presented "Beyond sticks and stones, tornadoes and war: Chronic verbal abuse in the home school, and neighborhood predicts youth trauma symptoms particularly in boys."

Donald Saucier, associate professor of psychology; Sara Smith, doctoral student in psychology; Danielle Zanotti, December 2009 bachelor's graduate in psychology; and Amber Axelton, spring 2007 bachelor's graduate in psychology, were published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Homosexuality. The publication was titled "Individuals' beliefs about the etiology of same-sex sexual orientation."